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BOWLS: CROWN green bowls has lost one of its most respected players, Peter Craig, after a short illness. Craig (60) won the Green Final Handicap for a record fourth time...
Date Published 23/04/2013
Combating the sexual exploitation of young people is a police priority, says Police Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd. Mr Lloyd visited Oldham police station to meet the team...
CRICKET: NO prizes for guessing what the weather did on the opening day of the 2013 Versasteel Saddleworth and District season. Rain meant only two games finished in...
CRICKET: THE wet weather intervened in the vast majority of the Lake Garage Central Lancashire League's second round of fixtures yesterday. But reduced targets meant most...
THE remarkable resilience of Oldham prop Jason Boults as been underlined in the latest RFL statistics. They show ever-reliable Boults has the longest run of consecutive...
DARTS: MARK McGeeney was the star of the show as Oldham took another step towards the Lancashire GMC Super Eights Elite League title. The England international averaged...
TABLE TENNIS: TWO basement teams contested the Oldham Table Tennis League Division One Handicap Cup final. And it was Werneth ‘B’, conceding a 26-point start...
RUGBY UNION: Oldham RU 59, Tarleton 15 RAMPANT Oldham put in arguably their best performance of the season as they crushed already-crowned North Lancashire Division One...
RUGBY: KENDAL Davies was in try-scoring form for Saddleworth Rangers again — but the teenager was unable to stave off a 31-14 defeat at home to Bradford Dudley Hill in...
CATS, George Lawton Hall, Mossley THIS Lloyd-Webber show is over 30 years old, which you can tell by the many pairs of legwarmers on show, and sufficient Lycra onesies to have...
RUGBY: WATERHEAD displayed fine powers of recovery to beat hosts Eccles 22-14 in Division One of the National Conference League. Andy Sands’ men went into the break...
GRAB your walking boots for a stroll around Pennington Flash Country Park in Leigh with members of the Failsworth and Beyond Women’s Institute (FaB WI) on Sunday....
ATHLETIC’S coaching staff received a collective pat on the back during Lee Johnson’s post-Crawley deliberations. Having already spoken of the value of having head...
Oldham Cabinet WORK has started on affordable family homes in an area blighted by an axed regeneration programme. Empty homes in south Werneth will be transformed into 20...
CARL Winchester could get his chance to impress at Shrewsbury tonight (7.45pm kick-off). The promising midfield man hasn’t started a game under the tenure of manager Lee...
DEFIBRILLATORS have been fitted into Greater Manchester Police’s traffic cars as part of new efforts to help them work more closely with the North-West Ambulance Service...
Oldham Cabinet THE green light for Oldham’s new flagship sports centre was confirmed last night. Proposals were confirmed for an eight-court sports hall designed to...
Private pupil data posted online POLICE are probing a serious information breach at an Oldham school following the internet posting of confidential student details. More...
A 29-YEAR-OLD woman was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after being found guilty of killing her uncle in an evening drinking session last November. Bernadette Watt of...
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of mother-of-two Farkhanda Younis in Chadderton. The man, believed to be the husband of 30-year-old...
Saddleworth Parish Council Councillors face a race to find land to build a new Saddleworth School - or lose a £15million Government subsidy. Parish Council chairman...
POLICE are searching for three men who almost cut off a man’s finger during a Chadderton robbery. The masked gang, armed with a Samurai sword and a hunting knife, burst...
A HORRIFIED young shepherd has described how she found one of her family’s flock of 3,500 sheep badly wounded in a crossbow attack Claire Crowther saw an arrow sticking...
ATHLETIC manager Lee Johnson is hopeful he can repel the advances of clubs trying to take Jose Baxter away from the club this summer. The 15-goal top scorer was back in the...
COUSIN v cousin, mates v mates... and coach Tony Benson pitting his wits for the first time against the club that sacked him eight months ago. Oldham’s clash at...
THE flag of St George was flying proudly over Oldham Civic Centre today as the borough celebrated the English patron saint’s day. Oldham Mayor, Councillor Olwen Chadderton,...
SIR Alex Ferguson compared Robin van Persie to Manchester United legend Eric Cantona after the Dutch striker's hat–trick won the club its record 20th league. Van...
CHRONICLE racing tipster Keith McHugh’s selections from tomorrow’s cards EPSOM 2.20 Church Music 2.50 Mawaakef 3.20 Mister Impatience 3.55...
POLICE are investigating a serious security breach at an Oldham school after confidential student information was posted online. We have the full details. (click story for
GOAL hero Jean-Yves Mvoto wants contract talks with Athletic - which could see him remain at Boundary Park. The centre-back’s current deal runs out in the summer and so...
Date Published 22/04/2013